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Ito

(Encyclopedia)Ito, city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Izu Peninsula and the Sagami Sea. It is an important fishing port and hot spring resort. ...

Koryak Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia)Koryak Autonomous Area: see Kamchatka, peninsula, Russia. ...

Bauld, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Bauld, Cape: see Great Northern Peninsula, Canada. ...

Tehama

(Encyclopedia)Tehama, region of the Arabian peninsula: see Tihamah. ...

Tihama

(Encyclopedia)Tihama, region of the Arabian peninsula: see Tihamah. ...

Bulgarian literature

(Encyclopedia)Bulgarian literature. For early ecclesiastical writings, see Church Slavonic. Modern Bulgarian literature stems from the work of Father Paisi, who in 1762 began his history of the Slav Bulgarians. The...

Deal Island

(Encyclopedia)Deal Island, small island, off the western shore of Delmarva peninsula, in Tangier Sound, SE Md. It is an oyster, clam, and crab shipping and processing center. ...

Thursday Island

(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...

Macau

(Encyclopedia)Macau or Macao məkouˈ [key], Port. Macau, Mandarin Aomen, special administrative region of China, formerly administered by Portugal (2015 est. pop. 601,000), 10.8 sq mi (28.2 sq km), adjoining Guang...

Chukotsk

(Encyclopedia)Chukotsk and Chukotka Autonomous Area: see Chukchi Peninsula, Russia. ...